Fiesta Crafts Numeracy Fiesta Crafts - Magnetic Tell the Time

Learn To Tell the Time

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Fingertips turn the clock hands while magnetic numbers click into place beside them.

🕐 Reads analogue: turn the movable clock hands to build any time, from o'clock to quarter to
🔢 Counts minutes: magnetic numbers and word pieces show how the clock face maps to minutes and hours
🌅 Links routine: activity pictures tie each time to the child's own day
🖊️ Practises writing: the dry-wipe reverse board and pen let children draw hands and write times again and again
🌐 Covers both formats: teaches 12-hour and 24-hour time on the same clock face
🔇 Plays quietly: no batteries, no sound, and a slim flat board that stores in a drawer

The Educator's Note

The hands turn, so children build the hour-and-minute relationship with their own fingers instead of just looking at a picture of a clock.
Everyday activity pieces anchor abstract times to a routine the child already knows, which is where telling time starts to make sense.
The dry-wipe reverse adds number-writing and recall practice, so the set carries a child from first o'clock to writing times in Year 1 and 2.

Play Specifications

🧒 4 years +

Recommended for ages 4 years +

🔬 Scientist

Curiosity & STEM

🔇 Silent

No sound

👤 Independent Play

Solo / Self-Correcting

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

Guided / Scaffolding Required

🧳 Travel Friendly

Compact / Portable / Car-Friendly

🧠 Cognitive

Problem Solving & Logic

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

The Educator's Note

The hands turn, so children build the hour-and-minute relationship with their own fingers instead of just looking at a picture of a clock.
Everyday activity pieces anchor abstract times to a routine the child already knows, which is where telling time starts to make sense.
The dry-wipe reverse adds number-writing and recall practice, so the set carries a child from first o'clock to writing times in Year 1 and 2.

Play Specifications

🧒 4 years +

🔬 Scientist

🔇 Silent

👤 Independent Play

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

🧳 Travel Friendly

🧠 Cognitive

🤏 Fine Motor

Move the clock hands with a fingertip and watch the time change straight away. Magnetic numbers, words and daily-routine pictures sit on the board, so "half past seven" connects to a real part of the day rather than a rule to memorise. Built for the stage when analogue clocks start to matter, from 4 years and most useful around 5 to 7 years, as school routines make time part of every day. Children start with o'clock and half past, then move on to quarter past, quarter to and writing times down.

Also available in a great value bundle

Best suited to children who are ready to link numbers on a clock face to the hours of their day.

Children aged 4 to 5 years meeting o'clock and half past for the first time, with a parent or teacher guiding the hands
Children aged 5 to 7 years starting school who need to read quarter past and quarter to, and write times down
Homeschool families and classroom teachers wanting a hands-on, reusable tool for small-group time lessons
Parents of a child who finds time abstract and learns best by moving pieces and tying them to a routine they know

Why a clock face is hard to read

Children hear "tick tock" long before they can read a clock. The analogue face asks them to hold two ideas at once: a short hand for hours and a long hand for minutes. For many children, that is the first time reading time feels confusing rather than familiar. This magnetic board takes the guesswork out. The hands turn freely, so a child can set the time themselves, see how the long hand sweeps the numbers and notice the short hand creep forward. Moving the hands is hands-on, and that physical turn is what makes the idea stick.

Time that fits their day

Here's what makes it work in practice: the activity pieces. Everyday pictures sit beside the clock, so "o'clock", "quarter past", "half past" and "quarter to" become parts of a routine your child already lives. Ask them to set the clock to when school starts, then when dinner is. You'll see the link between numbers and real life form quickly. The set covers both 12-hour and 24-hour time. That matters later, when children meet timetables, train boards and digital watches and need to move between formats without a fuss.

Grows with them

At 4, children start with o'clock and half past, with an adult guiding the hands. By 6 or 7, they are reading quarter past and quarter to, setting times on their own and writing them down. The same board covers every step, so it stays useful across several school terms.

Practice that resets itself

Flip the board over and the reverse is a dry-wipe activity surface. With the pen, children draw the hands onto blank clock faces and write the time underneath, building the number formation and recall they will use in Year 1 and 2 maths and early numeracy work. Wipe it clean and go again. It's a slim, lightweight board (18cm wide and 25.5cm tall), so it works at the kitchen table, on a classroom desk or tucked into a homework folder. There is no sound and nothing to charge, which suits solo practice while you cook or work nearby.

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Why gift givers choose this

No batteries needed, and no sound to compete with homework time
Both time formats in one set: 12-hour and 24-hour on the same clock face
Routine pictures tie each time to a part of their day
Reusable practice on the dry-wipe reverse, so one set covers weeks of writing practice
Slim and portable enough for a school bag, a drawer or a classroom tub